Ancient Greece and China compared
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937. 06 KEL/R Roman empire | 937.02 WAL/R Rome's cultural revolution / | 937.05092 STO/O On the Spartacus road : a spectacular journey through ancient Italy | 938 ANC Ancient Greece and China compared | 938.05 FIS/M An analysis of Thucydides's The history of the Peloponnesian war | 938.070 92 HOL/T Treasures of Alexander the Great : | 938.07092 EVE/A Alexander the Great : his life and his mysterious death |
Ancient Greece and China Compared is a pioneering, methodologically sophisticated set of studies, bringing together scholars who all share the conviction that the sustained critical comparison and contrast between ancient societies can bring to light significant aspects of each that would be missed by focusing on just one of them. The topics tackled include key issues in philosophy and religion, in art and literature, in mathematics and the life sciences (including gender studies), in agriculture, city planning and institutions. The volume also analyses how to go about the task of comparing, including finding viable comparanda and avoiding the trap of interpreting one culture in terms appropriate only to another. The book is set to provide a model for future collaborative and interdisciplinary work exploring what is common between ancient civilisations, what is distinctive of particular ones, and what may help to account for the latter.
Provides pioneering comparative studies of ancient Greece and China which reveal to readers aspects of each civilisation that would be missed by concentrating on just one of them
Adopts an interdisciplinary approach exploring both cultural and intellectual activities and their social and political background
Boasts an international cast of contributors including both senior and up-and-coming scholars
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